Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer and release

You'll be fine, the aim-assist is done quite well, and you'll be popping people off horses in no time. Optionally, you could take a look at some of the videos posted in earlier posts regarding fine-tuning aiming.

I picked up a ps4 yesterday and not really being a console gamer I struggled with the shooting for the first couple hours but I'm slowly getting the hang out it. Auto-aim is a real help.
 
I picked up a ps4 yesterday and not really being a console gamer I struggled with the shooting for the first couple hours but I'm slowly getting the hang out it. Auto-aim is a real help.

Without auto-aim this game would be damn-near impossible. You're expected to shoot moving targets on horses, and from horseback, fairly frequently.
 
Just finished the game. What an amazing story. I have to say, all of the shit outside of side quests and main quests felt totally pointless, though, and were easily skippable.

I would *love* if they released a remaster of RDR on the PS4 using the newer engine. I almost want to replay it on the PS3, but then I remember how bad it looks now...
 
I picked up a ps4 yesterday and not really being a console gamer I struggled with the shooting for the first couple hours but I'm slowly getting the hang out it. Auto-aim is a real help.

As a regular console gamer, I'm finding the aiming hard.
 
The post-story game kinda pisses me off a little. Some of your in-progress side quests get reset, you randomly lose items that you had previously, and all of the satchel upgrades can just be bought with money rather than requiring rare pelts and shit. Which is nice, but it makes me wish I didn't waste my time doing it before.

Plus, once you have hunted all the legendary stuff and done all the side quests and bounties and whatnot, there's really nothing left to do in the game other than rob people or whatever.
 
Has the HDR issue been fixed? Have Rockstar even acknowledged the issue?
 
Has the HDR issue been fixed? Have Rockstar even acknowledged the issue?

Patch notes are:

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Added support for Red Dead Online Beta.
Added fixes for crashing issues with Red Dead Redemption 2 version 1.03.
Added fixes for stuttering/lag issues.
Red Dead Redemption 2 1.03 for PS4 has fixed some glitches.
Added fixes for framerate drop and freezing issues.
Added performance and stability improvements.
Gameplay improvements added with Red Dead Redemption 2 1.03.
Added other minor fixes and changes with Red Dead Redemption 2 version 1.03.
Red Dead Redemption 2 update 1.03 is now available for download on PS4 and Xbox One.

So...probably not?
 
Patch notes are:

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Added support for Red Dead Online Beta.
Added fixes for crashing issues with Red Dead Redemption 2 version 1.03.
Added fixes for stuttering/lag issues.
Red Dead Redemption 2 1.03 for PS4 has fixed some glitches.
Added fixes for framerate drop and freezing issues.
Added performance and stability improvements.
Gameplay improvements added with Red Dead Redemption 2 1.03.
Added other minor fixes and changes with Red Dead Redemption 2 version 1.03.
Red Dead Redemption 2 update 1.03 is now available for download on PS4 and Xbox One.

So...probably not?

Yeah, hard to tell though. That changelog is not very good. It's literally just a bunch of items saying essentially the same thing -- "fixed some glitches" or "minor fixes." .. over and over in slightly different ways.

Be nice to know what glitches they've fixed. I've bumped into a few different ones.

- Get stuck on object and have to reload save.
- PS4: When returning from "PS4 Power Save" (Rest mode?), controls and graphical glitches may occur. I've reduced this some by first pausing the game before entering rest mode. Otherwise, some controls wouldn't work, the hair effects would get jacked up, items flickering, and an assortment of other issues.

You gotta play the game mechanics. Use the dead-eye and the snapping to target that the game does. The manual aiming is rough.


Yeah, I'd also recommend following some of the YouTube control tweaks for PS4. Adjusting my acceleration / deadzone helped a lot. I'm doing this playthrough honorably with 3rd person only. Figured I'd likely do it again with 1st person as a complete prick when a PC version comes.
 
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Alright, who was the jackass in development that put the shooting competitions with roads behind them. I keep nailing the passerbys.


Also, from what I've been reading, it seems RDO is setup for quite the hour grind. Besides everything being extremely expensive, they also have a severe tax system where you pay stable rent (and camp rent) that efficiently drains your funds. It's like a mobile game with good graphics and horses ... That you can't afford.
 
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Alright, who was the jackass in development that put the shooting competitions with roads behind them. I keep nailing the passerbys.


Also, from what I've been reading, it seems RDO is setup for quite the hour grind. Besides everything being extremely expensive, they also have a severe tax system where you pay stable rent (and camp rent) that efficiently drains your funds. It's like a mobile game with good graphics and horses ... That you can't afford.

yeah the base camp is like a $1/day or something like that.
 
I haven't even tried Online yet and with what I'm hearing, I doubt I'll even bother.
 
I caved and bought this, couldn't wait for PC.

I apparently took my horse down a small incline just a little too fast. Went head over heels.

Don't think I've ever felt worse playing a game. As we flipped and face planted, my horse basically folded it's open neck over and had it's head pinned under it's own body. I cringed IRL as it flopped about screaming as I panicked having no horse reviver.

Threw myself in front of a train to cope and thankfully spawned back in with a not quadriplegic house.
 
I haven't even tried Online yet and with what I'm hearing, I doubt I'll even bother.

Online is interesting. being that it is in beta, there really is not a whole lot to do imo, or at least when they do a full release there is more to do. I just like roaming around with my buddy doing some of the stranger missions and creating terror in the city-streets against other players/npc's. I am afraid to invest too much time and then get a global reset on everything.
 
I caved and bought this, couldn't wait for PC.

I apparently took my horse down a small incline just a little too fast. Went head over heels.

Don't think I've ever felt worse playing a game. As we flipped and face planted, my horse basically folded it's open neck over and had it's head pinned under it's own body. I cringed IRL as it flopped about screaming as I panicked having no horse reviver.

Threw myself in front of a train to cope and thankfully spawned back in with a not quadriplegic house.


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Is there a way I can load back to just arriving to horseshoe overlook? I'm still learning the game and would like to revert back to the starting zone right after you leave the snow area.
 
only if you have a manual save point. In the menu go to story and see what is available.
 
I picked up this game and quit after about 10 minutes. I honestly don't understand the appeal and hype of it. You are basically playing a cutscene...
 
I picked up this game and quit after about 10 minutes. I honestly don't understand the appeal and hype of it. You are basically playing a cutscene...


Oh, not to tell you you're playing it wrong, but I think you're playing it wrong.

I spent 20 hours on chapter II of the game. Not actually doing any of the chapter missions, but just roaming around exploring. Hunting is great in the game along with game tracking.
I am sad I didn't do the chapter missions sooner, as that is what held me back from being able to fish. Gotta do some side quest to get access to a fishing pole.

No matter how hard I tried, killing random fishermen mid cast never dropped their pole for me to take.....


Give yourself an hour playing to get past the initial start of the game and you'll be much happier I think. The snowy first chapter is more of an intro/tutorial IMO.
 
Give yourself an hour playing to get past the initial start of the game and you'll be much happier I think. The snowy first chapter is more of an intro/tutorial IMO.

Make it two hours...I didnt get past the first chapter and on my own until around the 2nd hour.
 
I thought the same thing at first. It picks up after awhile.
I picked up this game and quit after about 10 minutes. I honestly don't understand the appeal and hype of it. You are basically playing a cutscene...
 
I picked up this game and quit after about 10 minutes. I honestly don't understand the appeal and hype of it. You are basically playing a cutscene...
Haha... you gave a game 10 minutes and quit. I'm impressed... /sarc
 
Made it to chapter 6, man what a game. The hunting for perfect/legendary pelts, the companion side missions, and the stranger missions have all been a blast. I probably have over 60 hours I imagine, and still am missing alot of the collectibles/dinosaur/skins.
 
I must be spoiled by my Xbox One X. It doesn't take anywhere near 8 - 10 min to launch. Most of the time I keep it on sleep and the game loads up quick.
Doesn't take that long on ps4 pro. Then again I do have a SSD installed.
 
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Maybe I'm alone here, but I thought the hunting was fucking stupid. If there were no different conditions of animals then it would have been fine. But I don't want to run around and try to not only spawn the animal type I want, but get lucky enough to get a 3-star one, only to then track the thing for 10 minutes and still somehow manage to fuck up the pelt even though I used the correct weapon.
 
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Maybe I'm alone here, but I thought the hunting was fucking stupid. If there were no different conditions of animals then it would have been fine. But I don't want to run around and try to not only spawn the animal type I want, but get lucky enough to get a 3-star one, only to then track the thing for 10 minutes and still somehow manage to fuck up the pelt even though I used the correct weapon.


Don't know if this helps but...

I have been getting perfect pelts on large animals. I'll race after them with my horse and lasso them, then kill them with a knife. Small game....not so much

I also caught/broke a wild horse. I bonded enough to have it follow me. I ride my main horse and have the new horse follow. That way I can carry two carcasses.
 
Don't know if this helps but...

I have been getting perfect pelts on large animals. I'll race after them with my horse and lasso them, then kill them with a knife. Small game....not so much

I also caught/broke a wild horse. I bonded enough to have it follow me. I ride my main horse and have the new horse follow. That way I can carry two carcasses.


It's a shame you can't skin the horses.
Or people for that matter...

Imagine bringing a trapper 4-5 sets of human flesh for him to make you stuff out of.
 
It's a shame you can't skin the horses.
Or people for that matter...

Imagine bringing a trapper 4-5 sets of human flesh for him to make you stuff out of.

Sounds like a good/gross mod for the pc version.
 
Well actually closer to 20, as there is 8-10 minutes of loading every time you launch the game... lol

I must be spoiled by my Xbox One X. It doesn't take anywhere near 8 - 10 min to launch. Most of the time I keep it on sleep and the game loads up quick.

Doesn't take that long on ps4 pro. Then again I do have a SSD installed.

Doesn't take long even on the standard HDD on my Pro.. maybe 1 minute from when you select your game save to load? But even that's a non issue with rest mode.

I'm surprised with how quite my Pro runs playing this game too.. dunno if it's less demanding somehow, but the fan doesn't spin up nearly as much as it did playing God of War, hah.

Anyways, just started playing this game a couple weeks ago when I got it on a small sale in the PSN store (like 15% off I think it was) and while it was a bit slow and overwhelming to learn just the fundamentals of the game for the first chapter or two, I'm enjoying it pretty well now into chapter 3. But I'm getting pretty side tracked with trying to hunt down the legendary animals for the trinkets already and also all the pelts for the satchels (even though I've read that you can just buy them all after the story ends, I'd like to have them for the main story still even if they're not necessary at all). I definitely agree with Maverick above though that it's pretty annoying to not only hunt these specific animals down, but the ones in perfect condition and then they still get damaged if they don't die in one shot or are shot just right with the right weapon/ammo. The story is pretty interesting so far at least and you can tell they definitely put a lot of effort and detail into it.
 
seems like after the initial excitement wore off more and more players are feeling a bit bored and disappointed in the game...it still sounds like a very good game but not as great as people were expecting
 
seems like after the initial excitement wore off more and more players are feeling a bit bored and disappointed in the game...it still sounds like a very good game but not as great as people were expecting
Well by now almost anyone who purchased it at release must have finished it. So it's natural for excitement to wear off. I never expected this game to be something people would just keep playing forever.
 
seems like after the initial excitement wore off more and more players are feeling a bit bored and disappointed in the game...it still sounds like a very good game but not as great as people were expecting

Since day one I've been hearing how much of a chore this game is to play. A few of my friends were interested in the story but couldn't bring themselves to finish it.
 
Since day one I've been hearing how much of a chore this game is to play. A few of my friends were interested in the story but couldn't bring themselves to finish it.
Yeah, it does seem like a chore. It's almost like everyone is sitting there blinking confusedly at each other, but none dares to say it's bad because they're afraid of loosing face in the community. That could explain the ominous silence. So basically RDR2 is the elephant in a room full of mediocre games. Nobody dares to acknowledge that it's there in that company.
 
Ignore hunting entirely and it's less of a chore...but still a chore to have to manually ride around everywhere. Fast travel becomes available later, but it's only one-way and generally just kind of sucks.

I was listening to the latest Podquisition and they said something that made a lot of sense to me - basically, it's a game that is not as good as the sum of its parts. It's a 10/10 story, 10/10 graphics, but overall the game is just like a 7. One of them said it was the "best game that they just didn't enjoy playing".

seems like after the initial excitement wore off more and more players are feeling a bit bored and disappointed in the game...it still sounds like a very good game but not as great as people were expecting

There's not a lot of replay value once you finish the story. Basically you can ride around, try to hunt or fish for the legendary creatures (whoop dee doo), do random wagon heists, or just dick around. It's okay, but once the main story ended I put the game down and haven't had any desire to pick it back up. I'd probably play some actual story DLC if they released it, but I have zero interest in the online portion.
 
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